Local News

June 11, 2026

GREAT BAY--Young St. Maarten baseball player Julian King is continuing to make steady progress in his pursuit of a higher-level baseball career, with his latest opportunity taking him to North Carolina to compete in the Old North State League. King traveled to North Carolina a...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--St. Maarten Bouyon artist BRG Hollywood has made the final cut of nominees for the Caribbean Music Awards in the Bouyon Artist of the Year category, placing another St. Maarten name on one of the region’s recognized music platforms. BRG Hollywood is nominated under...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--As part of the 2026 St. Martin Book Fair, residents from across the island gathered at the University of St. Martin on June 6 for a community session entitled “Soualigans, We Need You,” where they worked collectively to develop an Environmental Justice Statement for...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY-- St. Maarten accounted for the largest share of regular program spending under the Temporary Work Organization, TWO, in 2025, with €9.6 million spent on projects and support connected to the country’s Landspakket reform agenda. According to the TWO 2025 annual...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--The 2025 annual report of the Temporary Work Organization, TWO, highlights several areas of progress for St. Maarten under the Landspakket, including financial management, government ICT, tax reform, labor and social security, healthcare, education, agriculture and...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--"𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘎𝘗, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 �...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY- - Prime Minister Dr. Luc Mercelina told Parliament on Wednesday that he has written to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Public Health, Social Development and Labor requesting a factual assessment of concerns raised publicly about civil servants, managem...

June 10, 2026

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦’𝘴 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘔𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘭𝘶𝘪...

June 10, 2026

​GREAT BAY, Sint Maarten (DCOMM) – Fire Chief and National Disaster Coordinator (NDC) of the Office of Disaster Management (ODM) Clive Richardson, is calling on residents and the business community to remain vigilant and monitor local weather reports from the Meteorological De...

June 10, 2026

MARIGOT--La Samanna, A Belmond Hotel, has announced "Dames à Âmes: A Collective Voice for Resilience and Feminine Radiance," an exclusive charity gala dedicated to supporting La Maison des Femmes de Saint-Martin. This prestigious event will take place on Saturday, June 20th, 2...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Kalaboom Entertainment has ordered 10,000 St. Maarten flags for distribution ahead of Flag Day, becoming another community group to answer the call of Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa Gumbs for citizens, organizations and businesses to help ke...

June 10, 2026

USM Marketing Consultant Shobhan Giterson with Gwendoline van Putten School students. POND ISLAND--As part of its ongoing commitment to student success and programme development, the team at USM recently conducted a qualitative assessment of the Caribbean Foundation Year Progr...

June 10, 2026

GREAT BAY--Minister of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Melissa D. Gumbs has issued a detailed clarification following public comments by the Windward Islands Teachers’ Union concerning classroom conditions at the Marie Genevieve de Weever Primary School. Minister Gumb...